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Traditional Bluegrass Tremolo


This lesson is part of the course Monroe-Style Mandolin with Mike Compton.
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Learn traditional bluegrass-style mandolin as exemplified by the father of bluegrass, Bill Monroe, with original transcribed solos and tips on reproducing Monroe’s sound, rhythm, and feel.
 
 
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TENNESSEE BLUES
 
Learn the “fancy high part” (all the way up the 15th fret) of “Tennessee Blues” in this video. Mike takes it apart phrase by phrase, showing you the best way to finger the high notes. You’ll also learn the shorter A section, which features sliding double stops up the neck, and some variations on the regular A section. (For full transcription, see Part 1.)
 
 
 
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Traditional Bluegrass Tremolo  
 
Traditional Bluegrass Tremolo  
 
Traditional Bluegrass Tremolo
Traditional Bluegrass Tremolo
 
Tremolo in Monroe-style mandolin has many speeds, but it always references the tempo of the song. Mike talks about how important tremolo is to traditional bluegrass mandolin playing (it’s the primary right-hand technique of the style), and demonstrates some of the nuances of Monroe-style tremolo. He also talks about the relationship of mandolin playing to fiddle playing and how early mandolin players would imitate the fiddle’s long tones with tremolo, especially with double stops. It’s also important to play the two notes of a double stop as one sound, rather than alternating between two notes.

 
 
 

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